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June 26th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Opposition leader Tony Abbott has been heckled by a chicken-suited protester while campaigning against the federal government’s carbon tax at an RSPCA facility.
Mr Abbott on Tuesday visited the operation in Weston, in Canberra’s south, and was told the national RSPCA organisation faced electricity price rises of about $180,000 per annum.
He said most of the rise was due to the carbon tax, which comes in on July 1.
“Everyone will pay the tax, including tens of thousands of charities,” Mr Abbott told reporters.
RSPCA ACT chief executive Michael Linke said some of the national organisation’s services would be cut and about four jobs lost to cover the extra costs.
“There is no compensation to pay for this,” Mr Linke said.
During his visit, Mr Abbott was confronted by a young woman who poked fun at his carbon tax views.
Dressed as Chicken Little from the children’s fable, The Sky is Falling, Anna Spark, 19, from Melbourne, asked Mr Abbott if he had a bunker she could use to protect herself from the tax.
Mr Abbott smiled, before stepping into a car and leaving.
“He got away pretty quickly,” Ms Spark said.
Climate Change Minister Greg Combet dismissed Mr Abbott’s visit to the RSPCA as another scare campaign.
“He is now trying to scare homeless cats and dogs at the RSPCA,” he said in a statement.
Mr Combet said the government was helping charities with the impact of the carbon price through grants, which enable recipients to retrofit or upgrade buildings to help reduce energy costs.
In question time, Mr Abbott asked Prime Minister Julia Gillard whether she was aware the charity would be forced to cut services to cover the cost of the carbon tax.
Ms Gillard dismissed the question as part of a fear campaign that was getting more ridiculous by the day.
“Presumably tomorrow he will be out trying to scare Skippy the Bush Kangaroo and the day after he’ll be trying to scare Puff the Magic Dragon,” she said.
Charities such as the RSPCA were welcome to apply for a grant under a $300 million government assistance program.
She said the RSPCA had not applied during the program’s first funding round and Ms Gillard encouraged them to do so in the future.
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